DBpedia and GSoC 2018 – Call for Students

This year, DBpedia will participate for the sixth time in a row in the Google Summer of Code program (GSoC). We are regularly growing our community through GSoC and are currently looking for students who want to join us for a summer of coding. Read below for further details about GSoC and how to apply.

What is GSoC?

Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Funds will be given to students (BSc, MSc, Ph.D.) to work for three months on a specific task. At first, open source organizations announce their student projects and then students should contact the mentor organizations they want to work with and write up a project proposal for the summer. After a selection phase, students are matched with a specific project and a set of mentors to work on the project during the summer.

If you are a GSoC student who wants to apply to our organization, please check our guidelines before you start drafting your project proposal.

This year GSoC timeline is as follows:

March 12th, 2018

Student applications open (Students can register and submit their applications to mentor organizations.)

April 9th, 2018

Student application deadline

April 23rd, 2018

Accepted students are announced and paired with a mentor. Bonding period begins.

May 14h, 2018

Coding officially begins!

August 6th, 2018

Final week: Students submit their final work product and their final mentor evaluation

August 22nd, 2018

Final results of Google Summer of Code 2017 announced

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